Habitat in West Virginia
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 905
- Birds
- 136
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Oakes Evening PrimroseOenothera oakesiana
- Small SundropsOenothera perennis
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Yellow CrownbeardVerbesina occidentalis
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Carolina HorsenettleSolanum carolinense var. carolinense
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Eastern Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. hirta
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Rough CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. subglabrata
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Blackseed PlantainPlantago rugelii
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Tooth Leaf Croton; Sand CrotonCroton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 108
- Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanni
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Near water in this habitat 28
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.